Hey Joe, Who Creates Your Real Estate Newsletters?

Real Estate Newsletters

One question that I get several times a month is who “does” my real estate newsletters and is this a service that can be purchased for other real estate markets.

The questions mostly come from real estate agents from outside of the Tallahassee housing market, and I’m flattered that they like how they are done.

Currently, we have nearly 5,000 people who have chosen to subscribe to the Tallahassee Real Estate Newsletter, and we’re hoping to double the list over the next twelve months. But as far as the questions go, this is how each edition of our real estate newsletters is done:

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Don’t Let A Frankenstein House Scare You From This Buyer’s Market

Frankenstein House Finder

Surely you have seen or heard about the movie of the man-made monster, but have you also heard about the Frankenstein House?

In the movie, eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature by assembling and then reanimating body parts from multiple dead people.

In the real estate market, cautious buyers are looking at numerous homes and assembling all of their favorite features of each home.

This home that they seek, a mythical house, pieced together by all the favorite parts of houses that they’ve viewed, has them hoping the perfect house is out there.

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Four Timely Housing Tips For A Young Married Couple

Real estate tips for a young married couple

I was talking with a respected Tallahassee accountant this morning about a young married couple and their desire to buy a home. Unlike young married couples of ten or twenty years ago who were trying to buy as much house as possible, these “kids” are conservative and looking to spend far less than their means would [...]

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These Two Variables Completely Control The Future Real Estate Forecast

Real Estate Forecast Tallahassee Real Estate Report Crystal Ball

We normally do a comprehensive real estate forecast each year in November or December, outlining what we expect to see in the coming years and why we have those expectations. Contrary to what the National Association of REALTORs has provided, our analysis of the Tallahassee real estate market has been very accurate for the past [...]

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A Small World Story About Real Estate Trends In Tallahassee

Year Over Year Real Estate Trends In Tallahassee

I just received the data last night that will help me summarize current real estate trends in Tallahassee, but first a “small world” story is in order. Michelle and I were at the hospital Tuesday night, waiting for our daughter (Sami) to get out of surgery, when the national CBS Evening News came on. The [...]

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Did You Know That We Have Heroes In Our Community?

Flipper Gravesite Crew

I would like to pay tribute today to the unsung heroes who make Tallahassee and the surrounding areas so great. The people who are continually doing community support work that goes unnoticed, who help make our neck of the woods such a pleasant place to live. And today, I will share with you a little of [...]

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Killearn Estates Real Estate Report June 2013

Killearn Estates Real Estate Reports

The mid year Killearn Estates Real Estate Report shows that home sales in this popular Northeast Tallahassee neighborhood were better through May this year than any year going back to 2008. Currently, there are 58 homes for sale in Killearn Estates in the Tallahassee MLS, and 43 have already closed this year through May. While [...]

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Reader Poll – Should We Use This Rider On Real Estate Signs?

Real Estate Signs

We had my parents over for dinner last night and of all things, the conversation came around to the topic of real estate signs. My mother commented that friends of hers had noticed two of our real estate signs in her neighborhood, and she was curious if they were under contract. In fact, she assumed [...]

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Lower Prices Drive Golden Eagle Home Sales

Golden Eagle Home Values

When you look at the list of 484 Golden Eagle home sales at the bottom of this article, you might be confused into believing a clearance sale was conducted. It just doesn’t seem that long ago that the “average” home in Golden Eagle Plantation was worth about $500,000, but today’s prices all seem to begin with [...]

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Incremental Improvement For Real Estate Supply And Demand In Tallahassee

Real Estate Supply And Demand Tallahassee Florida

If you want to know the latest news on real estate supply and demand in Tallahassee, just create a short-cut in your browser to www.manausa.com/market-report. Every month, we post an updated real estate supply and demand report for each of the four quadrants of the Tallahassee housing market, and we even break it down by [...]

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